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:''[[anthropology]] - [[biology]] - [[communication]] - [[economics]] - [[folklore]] - [[linguistics]] - [[medicine]] - [[memetics]] - [[philosophy]] - [[political science]] - [[psychology]] - [[social sciences]] - [[sociobiology]] - [[sociology]] - [[theory]]'' | :''[[anthropology]] - [[biology]] - [[communication]] - [[economics]] - [[folklore]] - [[linguistics]] - [[medicine]] - [[memetics]] - [[philosophy]] - [[political science]] - [[psychology]] - [[social sciences]] - [[sociobiology]] - [[sociology]] - [[theory]]'' | ||
In the broadest sense, '''science''' (from the Latin "to know") refers to any systematic methodology which attempts to collect accurate information about reality and to model this in a way which can be used to make reliable, concrete and quantitative predictions about future events and observations. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the [[scientific method]], as well as to the organized body of [[knowledge]] gained through such [[research]]. | In the broadest sense, '''science''' (from the Latin "to know") refers to any systematic methodology which attempts to collect accurate information about reality and to model this in a way which can be used to make reliable, concrete and quantitative predictions about future events and observations. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the [[scientific method]], as well as to the organized body of [[knowledge]] gained through such [[research]]. | ||
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In the broadest sense, science (from the Latin "to know") refers to any systematic methodology which attempts to collect accurate information about reality and to model this in a way which can be used to make reliable, concrete and quantitative predictions about future events and observations. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research.
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